Hammer?

[mgolab]

Hello:

I am hoping to gain some information on this hammer which I own. Not sure whether a tool or something else. Head is hand forged and haft, although hand carved, likely a replacement. Haft is thin at the base. If a tool, no mushrooming at all. Bears some resemblance to a war hammer.

Dimensions:

Head is 10 inches
Overall length is 27 inches
total weight is 3 Ibs

Thank you

[A. G. Maisey]

Looks like my grandfather's prospecting pick, circa 1900.

[adrian]

Geologists hammer.

[fernando]

Then a case for the Miscellania forum .

[gp]

typical and standard archaeological one and comes standard with a chisel.
Can be found / seen at any site

[mgolab]

thank you for the information. Looks identical, right down to the machined steel and rubber handle.

[Interested Party]

Some sort of spike driving hammer? As in railroad work, though for that it is a few pounds too light for a spike that big? The octagon shaped head would not lend itself to stonework. the head of a mason's hammer is used to shape brick and stone with the edge like a set chisel.

Idea #2: Could the spike be used to move logs around and the hammer be used to make log rafts? Setting log dogs?

Nice hammer. A real head scratcher.

[mgolab]

Here is another image of the head.

Kind of a knife shaped or dagger blade.

[mgolab]

here is another image of the head...typical and standard archaeological one